[squeak-dev] Computer on a stick

K. K. Subramaniam subbukk at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 03:03:10 UTC 2009


On Tuesday 04 Aug 2009 4:07:00 am Gary Dunn wrote:
> The difference between your concept and mine is that an OSP slate will have
> a display and pen interface. It too can be expanded using USB keyboard and
> mouse, and large monitor.
I was trying to project into the future (i.e. what is possible) rather than 
extend from the past. Console technology (display, keypad, pointer) have 
stabilized to a level that is acceptable to the masses - like a steering wheel 
in a car. Processors, Memory and Connectivitiy (wifi, wibro, bluetooth), the 
latent elves, continue to evolve rapidly and will take some more years to 
stabilize. They don't hold consumer data. So it makes sense to factor these 
out into a pluggable cartridge.

Notice that it is lot easier to get 16 people with pluggable consoles to 
complete a task than to write software to get a 16-core CPU to do the same.

Subbu



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